Greetings from Kaohsiung, Taiwan!
Dear PSU students,
It’s great that we have this opportunity to work together and to get to know each other. You must be very curious about who we are and where we are at; probably even more while we are moving on to the second week of the project!
We are from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at
National Sun Yat-Sen University (NSYSU), Kaohsiung Taiwan. Our campus is situated in the Mount Chai, where natural creatures such as monkeys, parrots, and birds can be found. Students in our department are all very skillful in hiding their breakfast from the Formosan Macaques (we got 800 in the mountains here!). The school is also very famous for its sunset, as we are very close to
the Hsitzu Bay, a gorgeous sandy beach in southern Taiwan.
We have 13 students participating in this project, with 12 NSYSU students and 1 student currently studying in the US. I hope everyone will have a great time working with each other, and I look forward to reading your wonderful discussions!
GREETINGS FROM PORTLAND, OREGON!
Roughly 580,000 people live in Portland, Oregon (not the one in Maine) but there are about 2 million people in the Portland metro area. Portland has several nicknames (City of Roses, Stumptown and Bridgetown) and is a relatively liberal and environmentally friendly city. Portland is known for its weather (a lot of rain), beer and coffee, bikers and Nike, whose headquarters are here.
With about 24,000 students, Portland State University is the largest university in Oregon. It's also the youngest - it was founded in 1946. As an urban university, PSU has a diverse student body.
